The Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba has opened to the public what was the studio of the painter Julio Romero de Torres, in the year that marks the 150th anniversary of his birth, and also the patio of the Romero de Torres house, It is attached to the Museum, with the sponsorship of the Provincial Council of Córdoba, owner of the space, and does so during the celebration of the Patios Festival, that is, until next May 12.
This is what the Museum of Fine Arts makes known on its website, consulted by Europa Press, specifying that you can also visit, in addition to the patio, some of the domestic settings in which for decades the life of this family saga, so closely linked, would take place. to the art and culture of Córdoba in the 19th and 20th centuries and in which several generations of artists were trained.
The most acclaimed Cordoban painter, Julio Romero de Torres, was born in this house on November 9, 1874, and began his artistic training with his father and teacher, Rafael Romero Barros, at the Provincial School of Fine Arts, located in this same building. , among whose exhibition rooms of the Museum he would find his sources of inspiration and the settings for much of his artistic production.
That is why, in this year in which the 150th anniversary of the painter’s birth is being celebrated, we wanted to show the domestic spaces in which the great painter from Córdoba was born, lived and died, always with his window open to the patio of the house. familiar.
A patio that, like other patios in Córdoba, comes out of its lethargy in the month of May, dresses with its best flowers and shows itself in all its splendor. It remains as it was conceived in the 1920s, during the family’s time of splendor, when Julio’s studio was renovated and a selection of archaeological pieces were installed in the patio, turning it into the Archaeological Garden that today we enjoy.
Both spaces were highly visited by prominent figures of the time, settings for much of Julio’s pictorial work, which still preserves his presence and that of so many women who were portrayed on his canvases, and as has been done in previous years, now once again invites citizens to enjoy this unique space, in which much of the history and art of our city is condensed and synthesized.
Thematic visits
Furthermore, on the occasion of the opening to the public of the patio of the Romero de Torres family house during the celebration of the Patios Festival of Córdoba, the Museum of Fine Arts organizes thematic visits, which will tour the domestic spaces in which developed the life of this family so linked to the art and culture of the city.
Specifically, in addition to the patio, we will also visit his work exhibited in the Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba and the photographic exhibition ‘Farewell to Julio Romero de Torres’, which is exhibited in room V, as well as the painter’s studio, which It keeps the memory and image of so many women who starred in its canvases. The thematic visits will take place this Saturday, May 4 and next Saturday, May 11, both days at 12:00 p.m., admission is free until capacity is reached.
Tribute in Madrid
Aside from these activities, the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors, based in Madrid, is also celebrating this year the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Córdoba painter Julio Romero de Torres, “one of our illustrious members, absolute master of Andalusian symbolism.” .
Thus, and according to the information provided to Europa Press by said association, it, in collaboration with the Cultural Association Pro Casa Museo Julio Romero de Torres de Córdoba, will “commemorate this important date as a way of keeping alive the memory and footprint of the painter, both in Madrid and in his hometown, since that is how the artist lived, straddling the two cities.”
In this way, next May 10, at 7:00 p.m., “the date of his death, we are going to pay tribute to him in the Buen Retiro Park, in front of the monumental tombstone that was installed there in 1972, when he was baptized and dedicated a walk in the Retiro to his name”, in Madrid.
Subsequently, on the 9th of next November “it will be the city of Córdoba that pays tribute at his grave, an act in which we will join, thus closing the ‘Julio Romero de Torres Year’, focused on contributing to deepening the knowledge of the work and figure of the painter of the soul of Córdoba, and increase its appreciation among society, as well as in the recovery and opening of the family House Museum.”
